pretty good! i am happy building and also the quality. should fly straight! while it wont look as good as yours or Bobs! i know his covering looks like paint he gets everthing so smooth!
The part that will be the big deal is when i get to the wings! a plane is all about the wings huh! hope fully i can keep em straight! the stabs and rudder i can handle, but the wings are monsters!

Originally Posted by Bam Bam

pretty good! i am happy building and also the quality. should fly straight! while it wont look as good as yours or Bobs! i know his covering looks like paint he gets everthing so smooth!
The part that will be the big deal is when i get to the wings! a plane is all about the wings huh! hope fully i can keep em straight! the stabs and rudder i can handle, but the wings are monsters!

Glad to hear that, yours is going together well. It has been gratifying to see the progress in mine for the hard work it has taken so far, creating nothing from a drawing and big box of wood. Geat design and kit don;t hurt either.
The wings are big, I'm sure you'll be fine.
I've been around before when Bob has done covering and I still don't know how he does it! I'll soon have PLENTY of time to try and learn hys secrets.LOL. All I can tell you so far is patients and get a helper, especially with big parts ie. fuse and wngs.
Dan

yeah will have to get some one to help skins the wings as well. it would be way to much to handle by myself!
posted some pics of the stab progress on my thread. still have quite alot to do on them yet.

Originally Posted by danielgpr

Got all the doublers, anti rotation plates, canopy tabs and rudder servo mounts installed in fuse sides. Total weight at this point 1lb 4oz for both sides
Just need to fab gusset structure for sides then get sides built into a fuse structure.
Dan

What the hell are you building? A train?

Originally Posted by Craven

What the hell are you building? A train?

A little more work completed, some pics of progress.
Dan

Oh yeah I forgot, the following pic is another indication of a good days work around here.LOL
"Sawdust is weight coming off of the airplane"
Dan

looking good!

probably old news for everyone else, but new to me. i found these from dubro.
For hooking up the rudder servos in the rear fuse instead of two separate ball links.
The servo arms i am using only have one hole for the ball link so this is the solution. thought i'd share. #902

Originally Posted by Bam Bam

pretty good! i am happy building and also the quality. should fly straight! while it wont look as good as yours or Bobs! i know his covering looks like paint he gets everthing so smooth!
The part that will be the big deal is when i get to the wings! a plane is all about the wings huh! hope fully i can keep em straight! the stabs and rudder i can handle, but the wings are monsters!

Actually Bam Bam, I really hate the covering part, I would rather build ten airplanes than cover one.

Bob

Originally Posted by Bam Bam

probably old news for everyone else, but new to me. i found these from dubro.
For hooking up the rudder servos in the rear fuse instead of two separate ball links.
The servo arms i am using only have one hole for the ball link so this is the solution. thought i'd share. #902

I have used those before, they will work real good for you.

Bob

Originally Posted by sensei

Actually Bam Bam, I really hate the covering part, I would rather build ten airplanes than cover one.

Bob

Yea... You are a strange one... But with the new monocote I will let that slide...

A few more pics of progress. Need to cross brace and add gussets to the top and bottom still.
Dan

Originally Posted by danielgpr

A few more pics of progress. Need to cross brace and add gussets to the top and bottom still.
Dan

Just as a side note, it would make for a really different plane if both fuses in the position on the photos were actually just a single fuse. Imagine an LG on the top as well (instead of a canopy)...

Hey Bob i see that your building table is just like mine 10,000 for the air plane and 10,000 for the building table lol mine has had planes on it now for 2 years i see what comes first in your house also lol

Garret

Originally Posted by danielgpr

A few more pics of progress. Need to cross brace and add gussets to the top and bottom still.
Dan

Dang, I cant believe how fast you guys are knocking them out. Looking good Bob and Dan.